NEWS: March Of The Mummies

The protest seeks to highlight the issue of maternal discrimination which haunts 77% of working mums

By NARC.
on Friday, October 27th, 2017

International pressure group, Pregnant Then Screwed will be marching from Newcastle Civic Centre to Greys Monument this Halloween (Tuesday 31st October 2017 from 12.00pm till 1pm) in a protest rally aptly named March of the Mummies.

Together with Beccy Owen’s Pop Up Choirs, Birth, Baby & Family, Chalk, The Cumberland Arms, Mothers Who Make, Nasty Women North East, Sprog On The Tyne and The Young Women’s Outreach Project the protest seeks to highlight the issue of maternal discrimination which haunts 77% of working mums (EHRC, 2016).

In August 2017, Pregnant Then Screwed announced its demonstrations in cities across the UK, however, owing to its popularity and viral spread on social media, other cities and teams have put themselves forward. Therefore, the Newcastle March of the Mummies, will be walking in solidarity with marches in London, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow and other cities, to be confirmed. The march is supported by a number of MPs and celebrities.

‘March of the Mummies’ has five key demands which they will be presenting to Parliament:

Increase the time limit to raise a tribunal claim from 3 months to (at least) 6 months

Require companies to report on how many flexible working requests are made and how many are granted

It is particularly prevalent that this march will take place in Newcastle, after the Equality and Human Rights Commission found the North East to be the worst region for pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the UK.